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Caça Watts

English translation: Watt-Busters

02:59 Oct 31, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
Portuguese term or phrase: Caça Watts
I'm having trouble find the English word for Caça, in the context of energy saving for the environmental practices being implemented in Cascais, Portugal. Here are some texts:

"O Projecto “Caça Watts” foi lançado 2008, com o objectivo de ajudar os munícipes do concelho de Cascais a avaliarem o modo como consomem energia nas suas habitações, recomendando melhores práticas para evitar o desperdício de energia e de dinheiro."

"Ao nível do sector residencial destaca-se o programa “Caça Watts” que nos últimos anos realizou mais de 500 auditorias com o objectivo de os ajudar a reduzir os consumos de energia."

"O Projecto “Caça Watts” consiste num serviço em que técnicos especializados do município se deslocam até à residência dos munícipes"
Seth Phillips
United States
Local time: 00:25
English translation:Watt-Busters
Explanation:
http://www.klimabuendnis.org/cascais.0.html?&L=2

Watt-Busters: Energy Efficiency Services in Cascais

Cascais, near Lisbon, helps its residents to improve their private energy efficiency and save costs. The "Caça Watts"-project (alluding to the Portuguese titel of the "Ghostbuster" film) is run by the Municipal Energy Agency and offers energy audits at a symbolic price. It aims at changing people's behaviour and retrofitting residential buildings.
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Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 00:25
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4 +5Watt-Busters
Gilmar Fernandes
4Watts Hunters..Watts hunting
airmailrpl
4Watt saver "program"
David Hollywood


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Watts Hunters..Watts hunting


Explanation:
Caça Watts => Watts Hunters..Watts hunting

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 01:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Watt saver "program"


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 8 mins (2014-10-31 03:08:04 GMT)
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no hunting involved

David Hollywood
Local time: 01:25
Native speaker of: English
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Watt-Busters


Explanation:
http://www.klimabuendnis.org/cascais.0.html?&L=2

Watt-Busters: Energy Efficiency Services in Cascais

Cascais, near Lisbon, helps its residents to improve their private energy efficiency and save costs. The "Caça Watts"-project (alluding to the Portuguese titel of the "Ghostbuster" film) is run by the Municipal Energy Agency and offers energy audits at a symbolic price. It aims at changing people's behaviour and retrofitting residential buildings.

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 00:25
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Good reference!
1 hr
  -> Thanks Muriel :)
agree  Ana Vozone
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Ana :)
agree  António Rufino: Yes, it seems to be a word play with the Portuguese title of the movie "Ghostbusters", so I would definitely go for "Watt busters"
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Antonio :)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Teresa :)
agree  oxygen4u
10 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Patrícia :)
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